UNISON is one of the largest unions for Police Probation and CAFCASS Service Groups, with more than 50,000 members.
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Police Staff Pay 2024
UNISON MEMBERS VOTE TO ACCEPT 2024 PAY OFFER UNISON police staff members in England and Wales voted by a very large majority to accept the employers 4.75% pay offer for 2024. The ballot closed at 5pm on 2 October. Thanks to all the UNISON members who voted. Please see resources for member bulletin and joint […]
Probation: Operation Protect
‘Operation Protect’ is the name for a new joint union Workloads Campaign in the Probation Service. The campaign was launched on 26 June 2023. Workloads for all staff across the Service are too high Staff are working under too much stress Public safety, our members’ health and wellbeing and the integrity of probation as a […]
Police Staff: Know Your Rights
If you are a member of police staff in England and Wales, don’t forget your rights at work. They come from the Police Staff Council Handbook* which forms the basis of your contract of employment*. This guide has been produced by UNISON, UNITE and GMB as the three trade unions which sit on the Police […]
PCSO20 Campaign
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS PCSO20 is the name for UNISON’s campaign to celebrate 20 years of Police Community Support Officers. July 2022 saw in the 20-year anniversary of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) delivering neighbourhood policing. The PCSO role was created by the 2002 Police Reform Act and since that time […]
Campaign for a Police Staff Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Currently there is no long service and good conduct medal for police staff, which compares to the one awarded to police officers following 20 years of meritorious service. This is something that UNISON believes should be rectified. It should be noted that as well as police officers, fire, ambulance, probation and prison service personnel are […]
Probation Pay 2024
2024 is the final year of the current three year pay award for Probation Service staff. Back in June 2023, UNISON and our sister trade unions in probation submitted a claim to re-open the pay award to take account of the cost of living crisis. RE-OPEN THE PAY AWARD In the claim we asked for: […]
Police Post Incident Procedures: advice for members and reps
Our PIP Helpline offers 24 hour support to police staff members who are involved in incidents which are subject to post-incident procedures.